Lat/Long + Seasoms

Question 1

Latitude is the distance — of —

Answer 1

N/S of the equator

Question 2

Longitude is the distance —— of the ——

Answer 2

E/W of the prime meridian

Question 3

Equator Latitude

Answer 3

0 degrees

Question 4

Tropic of Cancer latitude

Answer 4

23.5 degrees north

Question 5

Tropic of Capricorn latitude

Answer 5

23.5 S

Question 6

Polar boundaries latitude

Answer 6

66.6 S, 66.6 N

Question 7

Coordinates for Equator

Answer 7

0 latitude, -180 to 180 longitude

Question 8

Coordinates for international date line

Answer 8

-180 to 180 latitude, 0 longitude

Question 9

Prime meridian coordinates

Answer 9

51.4 N, 0 W

Question 10

How many times zones

Answer 10

24/

Question 11

How many degrees for each time zone

Answer 11

360 degrees / 24 time zones = 15 degrees each

Question 12

GMT meaning and location

Answer 12

Greenwich mean time, refers to time one at 0 longitude and located in Greenwich

Question 13

Winter solstice

Answer 13

December 21
Least hours of daylight

Question 14

Summer solstice

Answer 14

June 21
Most hours of daylight

Question 15

Why do we have seasons

Answer 15

While earth rotates and revolves around the sun, our northern hemisphere will end up facing the sun / or not depending on our location and the more directly faced we are to the sun the hotter it will eat- hence summer, etc.

Question 16

Perihelion

Answer 16

Closest the earth is to sun
January 3

Question 17

Aphelion

Answer 17

Farthest earth is from sun
July 4

Question 18

Rotation

Answer 18

Spinning on an axis

Question 19

Revolution

Answer 19

One orbit around another object, like the sun

Question 20

What do rotations and orbits have in common

Answer 20

They travel counterclockwise